Quotes About Serenity

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

I have loved the feel of the grass under my feet, and the sound of the running streams by my side. The hum of the wind in the tree-tops has always been good music to me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men.

Let us cross over the river," he said quietly, "and rest under the shade of the trees.

In our forests part divine and makes her heart palpitate wild and tame are one. What a delicious Sound!

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie—The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

O lead me onward to the loneliest shade, The darkest place that quiet ever made, Where kingcups grow most beauteous to behold And shut up green and open into gold.

In mid-wood silence, thus, how sweet to be; Where all the noises, that on peace intrude, Come from the chittering cricket, bird, and bee, Whose songs have charms to sweeten solitude.

Tonight the sun has died like an Emperor ... great scarlet arcs of silk ... saffron ... green ... crimson ... and the blaze of Venus to remind one of the absolute and the infinite ... and along the lower rim of beauty lay the hard harsh line of the hills ...

There was a lot to be said for a man's capacity to be comfortable while alone.

The land seemed to luxuriate in its silence and its whiteness, knowing that the snow had rendered it more beautiful than before.

Life was simpler, too, if one did not think too hard. -The Burning Soul

When she [Elizabeth, Princess of Bohemia] went to take the waters at Spa, he [René Descartes] wrote to her that to get any benefit from them she should free her mind from all sorts of sad thoughts and even from serious reflections, because those who look long on the green of the forest, the colors of a flower, the flight of a bird, can beguile themselves into not thinking, or thinking of nothing. 'Which is not wasting time but using it well.

One of the virtues of drink was how it reduced life to these simple matters, which engaged all the attention; seeing, walking, raising a bottle accurately to the hole in your face. As though you were two years old again. No thoughts but simple ones. And

L'aube n'est pas silencieuse, mais elle est sous-peuplée.

Everything is unhindered, clouds gracefully floating up to the peaks, the moonlight glitteringly flowing down mountain streams.

Good ideas do not need to be shouted. They can take care of themselves.

Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.

Like having no need of big things. Enjoy that you are okay in being simple.

Peace is a conscious choice.

To me faith means not worrying

Possess your soul with patience.

One of the marks of a life well lived has to be reaching a state of finally getting it, of not needing more, and of being able to sign off with something approaching peace of mind.

Suffering accepted and vanquished. . . . will give you a serenity which may well prove the most exquisite fruit of your life.